Will make rope

I've almost finished my Pepe skirt, only the lining and the draw string are left to do.

I chose to make an i-cord the traditional way. Making an i-cord is very easy, I use a corker (well, in fact it's just the empty cardbord skeleton of a ribbon-yarn skein with 8 sewing needles pinned at the top... but eh! it works!) but that is very time consuming and after almost 12 days of regular i-cording, I'm still not finished ! ! ! Can you believe this!

When i-cording I was thinking maybe there was a faster way of doing it with a hook, I tried crocheting a rope making a 4 single crochets tube but I failed, it was a mess... Then I stumbled upon those links about the lobster stitch :

It looks like the best tutorial about this "lobster stitch", Daphne's tutorial, ~~is no longer online. (Can you read frustration here?)~~ is back on line, check it out!

Here is how Priscilla Hewitt describe the stitch :

Ch 2, sc in the 2nd ch from hook. Do not turn, but flip the stitch clockwise.
At the top of the flipped stitch you should see a single bar. Sc in the single bar; do not turn, but flip piece clockwise.
*At the top of the flipped stitch you should see a double bar (2 strands). Sc in the double bar; do not turn, but flip stitch clockwise.*
Repeat from *to*.

Uneasy to figure out just reading it... but worth a try... eventually. I think the yarn I use is too thick anyway, so I'll stick to the i-cord, but I'm glad I found those for a little change now or then.

Classé dans me did it!, Cet article écrit le 09/15/06 à 08:38:30 pm par Pyo

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Comment from: Brownie [Visitor] · http://browniewear.com

Hello Pyo!
It's good to see you are still at it. Why not scrapt he cord and just do a nice length of ribbon. Much quicker,and mor interesting.

Thanks for the link to to my site. I'm still working on it. I posted more pics a couple of weeks ago, and I still have more stuff to add.

Thanks again. Happy crocheting.

Brownie

09/18/06 @ 14:55